AMBON: A 6.3-magnitude quake hit off eastern Indonesia and East Timor on Sunday, seismologists said, but there was no tsunami alert or reports of damage or casualties.

The quake struck at 10:24 a.m. local time (1:24 a.m. Manila time), 351 kilometers (217 miles) east-northeast of the East Timor capital Dili at a relatively shallow depth of 10km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

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